Events from 1572

Montaigne's skeptical crisis - 'Que sçay-je?' (What do I know?) becomes motto - 'We have no communication with being' - Pyrrhonian skepticism revived

St. Teresa experiences transverberation - angel pierces heart with fire dart - Christ: 'You have now become truly My bride' - Bernini later captures in marble

Ulisse Aldrovandi documents dragon killing - Bologna naturalist records dragon killed near Bologna, keeps specimen in museum

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - Catherine de' Medici implicated in killing thousands of Huguenots